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M A TURLEY IRONING SUPPORT 0R HSEAM PRESSING' FRAME.

m a m m N E A 7 m Q E T I T UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARY A. TURLEY, OF YONKERS, NEV YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO LYMAN F. MONETT, OF SAME PLACE.

IRONING-SUPPORT OR SEAM-PRESSING FRAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 452,587, dated May 19, 1891.

Application filed January 19, 1891. Serial No. 378,200. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARY A. TURLEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Yonkers, in the county of Westchester and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Ironing-Support or Seam- Pressing Frame, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a construction of ironing-support or seam-pressing frame adapted for use by dressmakers, tailors, seamstresses, and especially is useful in pressing the sleeves of garments.

My invention consists in the special form and construction of seam-pressing support or frame hereinafter described, and then specified in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a device embodying my invention. the point of pivoting of the pedestal.

B is a suitable base, of wood or other like material, and O a pedestal rising therefrom. From the pedestal O projects an arm A, which maybe made of wood or other suitable material and preferably in one piece with the pedestal. The upper face of the arm A forms the rest for the Work, which is pressed by the iron. The upper face of the arm A is substantially straight from the point a to the point I) to form a rest for the straight portion of the sleeve between the elbow and the cuff, While the part from approximately I) to c is curved in proper manner to receive the curved portion of a sleeve near the elbow. The straight end from c to cl is adapted to receive the straight seam from near the elbow to the shoulder.

Projecting in a different direction from the pedestal O, and preferably in an opposite direction from the armA, is a shorter projection D, upon which the cuff of the sleeve may be conveniently pressed.

Fig. 2 is a cross-section through I do not limit myself to any particular ma terial, but prefer to employ wood. If desired, the pedestal C may be pivoted, as shown at E, to permit the arm A to be swung to one side, in order that the sleeve or other garment or portion of garment may be more readily applied. If desired, a rest might be provided for the free end of the arm A, as indicated by the dotted lines. These modifications, however, are immaterial, the gist of my invention consisting in the device hereinbefore described, and specified in the claim.

It will be obvious that the upper surface of the two arms may be rounded, if desired, or may be perfectly flat.

This device is used in an obvious manner, the seam to be pressed resting upon the top of the arm, while the arm itself extends within the sleeve or other hollow portion of the garment.

lVhat I claim as my invention is- The herein-described seam-pressing support, consisting of a base-board B, the pedestal O, the long arm A, projecting from the pedestal O in one direction at an angle away from the base-board and having its upper surface substantially straight at the portion a I), while its end portion, as from c to (1, also straight, returns at an angle toward the baseboard and is connected to the former by an upwardly-curved portion, and the short projecting arm D, extending from the pedestal O in an opposite direction to form acuff-sup port.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 17th day January, A. D. 1891.

MARY A. TURLEY.

Witnesses.-

'WM. H. OAPEL, T. F. OOUREY. 

